Permafrost soil in Arctic Spitsbergen. (Photo: Heiner Kubny) Climate change is melting the permafrost, causing valuable coastal areas to be lost or swamped. As the Earth’s climate warms, we are not only confronted with the release of greenhouse gases such as...
A group of researchers is looking for people who want to open their homes to them. They would like to measure if Greenlandic homes have too high a concentration of the hazardous gas radon. Violeta Hansen knocks on the door. In her bag, she carries two small, black...